Series Lake Odessa report, results 200-05-30

Meyers Masters I-96: Wins Third Race of 2009
Lake Odessa, MI-- May 30, 2009--Jason Meyers had been close to winning in
each of his last two visits to I-96 Speedway in Michigan leading into
Saturday night's event. He also had been close to...

Meyers Masters I-96: Wins Third Race of 2009

Lake Odessa, MI-- May 30, 2009--Jason Meyers had been close to winning in
each of his last two visits to I-96 Speedway in Michigan leading into
Saturday night's event. He also had been close to winning a couple times
over the last week in World of Outlaws action. After picking up his
second win of the season last month, the California native returned to
Victory Lane on Saturday night at the half-mile, earning his second win
in state of Michigan and the 28th of his career with the World of
Outlaws.

Meyers started on the pole in the 30-lap contest and withstood a number
of challenges from Kraig Kinser throughout the race to pick up the
$10,000 check.

"I can't thank everyone enough, especially everyone back home," said
Meyers. "My wife and my little girl for putting up with me lately. The
whole crew did a fantastic job. These guys built a new race car this week
and are just working hard every single day to be able to come out and put
on a show for these fans. They gave me an awesome hot rod here tonight.
I'm just glad to get this win for them."

Meyers battled Kraig Kinser from the drop of the green flag, with Kinser
taking the lead in turns one and two on the opening circuit, with Meyers
getting a run on the back straightaway and retaking the top spot and
officially being scored the leader at the line. Early in the race, Kinser
ran the high side of the track and got several runs on Meyers as the pair
entered the turns. He inched ahead a couple of time, but Meyers would
charge back ahead on the straightaways to be officially credited with
leading those laps.

A restart with five laps to go set up a shootout behind Meyers and Kraig
Kinser along with Steve Kinser who was running third. Meyers used a
strong start to open a slight lead while the father/son duo battled for
the second spot. Meyers weathered six caution periods and tried a couple
of different approaches on the restarts.

"Kraig (Kinser) was real good on the restarts and he just about got me a
couple of times," he noted. "It was real important on that last restart
to get off the corner good. I was waiting a little too long to restart
and he was getting a good run on me. Charlie Garrett builds us amazing
engines and they restart very well and get into the corner."

Meyers used the win to move to within 49 points of three-time and
defending series champion Donny Schatz in the championship standings.
Meyers has three wins to go along with 16 Top-10 finishes aboard the GLR
Investments KPC this season as he chases his first career World of
Outlaws title.

"We're getting better each and every night and continue to work on
things," he stated. "There have been a few tracks this year where we
weren't worth a darn, and I think we are now getting where we need to be.
My hat is off to these guys that work on this thing every day, because
they make my job look easy. They do a great job and I can't thank them
enough."

Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion, wound up second in
the Quaker State Maxim. He lined up seventh and used a strong start and
gained a couple of positions on the opening lap before battling with
Jason Sides and Jac Haudenschild. Late in the race he was able to snag
the runner-up spot from his son Kraig on a restart. He moved to within 14
points of Donny Schatz in the series championship standings as he chases
his record 21sth title.

Kraig Kinser ran in the Top-Three all night en route to a third-place
finish in the Bass Prop Shops Maxim. He ran side-by-side with Meyers for
a large portion of the race and unofficially took the lead quite a few
times, but was never able to make the pass stick at the line.

"I couldn't run right behind him, so I had to get out of his air," he
noted. "With these wings, they punch such a big hole in the air that you
can't run behind someone at a place like this. We had to run where he
wasn't. We had a couple of good runs on him and a couple of good
opportunities and just didn't get the job done. I feel good and the car
was rolling pretty good tonight."

The third generation gave it everything he had on the final restart with
five laps to go as he looked for a way around Meyers. He also had his
hands full as his father Steve was right on him. It was his 10th Top-10
finish of the season in the Bass Pro Shops Maxim.

"I probably should have been running the high side off the restarts,"
said the younger Kinser. "I was just trying to get to Jason (Meyers) and
the car running third, which was my dad (Steve Kinser) was getting a run
on us down the back straightaway and in (turns) three and four. We got
passed for second just trying to race for the win."

Danny Lasoski, the 2001 series champion, wound up fourth on Saturday
night in the Casey's General Store Maxim. He started eighth and got
around Jason Sides, Steve Kinser and Jac Haudenschild in the early going.
He battled Donny Schatz for a number of laps.

"It's really nice to be in contention," said the 2001 series champion.
"We had a really good start and went from eighth to fourth. We had third
and thought we were really going to be a contender and then we had that
red flag. Everyone was told them where I was running and went to block. I
had to go somewhere else and when I was trying something else 'The King'
got by me and put me back to fourth. A fourth place car is where we are
at, but its way better than having to take a provisional."

Joey Saldana was fifth in the Budweiser Maxim, with Jac Haudenschild, who
was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame on Saturday in
sixth aboard the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Maxim. Sam Hafertepe Jr. was
seventh in the Fusion Energy J&J. Schatz recovered from a lap-17 spin
while running third to work his way from the back of the field back to
eighth in the Armor All J&J. Craig Dollansky was ninth in the DirecTV
Maxim, and Brian Ellenberger scored the best finish of his career with
the World of Outlaws, coming home 10th in the Ti-22 Performance J&J.

The World of Outlaws return to action on Friday, June 5 and Saturday,
June 6 at Lawrenceburg Speedway in Indiana.